Staff Reporter
Lahore
Veteran Pakistani business leader Iftikhar Ali Malik on Tuesday assumed the office of the President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) for two years term. Outgoing President Ruwan Editisinghe handed over the charge at the two-day Joint session of executive committee and general assembly commenced through video link. Khairuddin Mayel Ahmadi VP Afghanistan, Mahbubul Alam VP Bangladesh, SVP Designate and former President, Dasho Ugen Tsechup Dorji, Vinod Juneja VP India, Chandi Raj Dhakal, VP Nepal, and Dr. M. Rohitha Silva, VP Sri Lanka present on the occasion congratulated Iftikhar Ali Malik and reposed full confidence in his sagacious and dynamic leadership. Speaking on the occasion, Iftikhar Ali Malik thanked the SVP and VPs from all member countries for their full fledged and overwhelming support to him for promotion of intra trade and further establishing strong business linkages amongst the entrepreneurs of the South Asia. He said all out efforts will be made to strengthen regional economic cooperation besides achieving Chamber South Asia vision 2030 which he added will usher an era of progress, prosperity and development in the region.
